Meanwhile, Louis-Philippe, the son, wandered across Europe until he was able to return to France in 1814, after the fall of the Napoleonic regime and during the reign of his cousin, Louis XVIII. He ...

Local leaders in Louisville, Ky. are trying to figure out what to do with a statue of its namesake, King Louis XVI of France, nearly four years after it was moved into storage. The 200-year-old ...

The guillotine became France’s official method of capital punishment in spring 1792. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French ...

Louis Cunningham is part of the incredible ensemble cast of Marie Antoinette, the new PBS series that premieres on March 19. Louis stars as Louis XVI, who becomes King of France and Marie ...

Louis XVI, born August 1754, ... Louis XVII of France in March 1785. The new heir Louis Charles, was captured with his parents, older sister Marie Thérèse, and aunt Elisabeth.

Jordan Bardella is only 28 years old, but he is already making his mark as the relatively new president of France’s National Rally party. When the party’s previous president, Marine Le Pen, passed the ...

Louisville is wrestling over what to do with a statue of its colonial namesake, French King Louis XVI. Museums and the public are hesitant to put it back on display.

Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download ...

One was a gold snuff box encrusted with 408 diamonds that King Louis XVI of France gave to Benjamin Franklin. The other was a horse , given to John Jay by the King of Spain.

The war went badly, and Louis XVI was blamed. Accused of treason, he was stripped of his title and imprisoned. In September 1792 a new National Convention declared France a republic and abolished ...

Local leaders in Louisville, Ky. are trying to figure out what to do with a statue of its namesake, King Louis XVI of France, nearly four years after it was moved into storage. The 200-year-old ...